The chief of staff said, "City Lord, early this morning, the dead soldiers you are looking for are a total of twelve people, one of whom was once the personal guard of the Tuoba Cattle and has been stationed in the Northern Zhou Chamber of Commerce. Their identity is seamless, leaving only a small flaw. ”

Li Xiancheng pondered for a moment and ordered, "Do what you plan and find a way to let the grocery store know the news." ”

The chief of staff nodded yes.

Yuwen Tianlu is known as the first in the world of martial arts, and more than a dozen dead soldiers are just ants in his eyes, but this group of ants, once they have an identity, then this attack on Yuwen Tianlu has political significance.

Regardless of success or failure, Li Xiancheng's goal has been achieved.

The Western Army and the Western Chu were in a stalemate, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was immobile in the north of Hengduan Mountain, and they were eyeing each other, for Li Xiancheng, there was no chance, but if the dead soldiers sent by the Northern Zhou attacked Yuwen Tianlu, then the Northern Zhou Dynasty was bound to be implicated, and it was difficult to get out, so Li Xiancheng had a chance.

The best result was three defeats, the most unfortunate Ming Dynasty's expedition to the west was hit hard, when Li Xiancheng asked for 100,000 loads of grain and 20,000 soldiers, why worry about the great cause?

The only thing that bothered him was Zhao Lanjiang, who was about to protect Li Qiuyi's ashes back to Yinyang, according to the spies, there were two or three days, they were about to arrive in Yinyang, Li Qiuyi was too popular in Yinyang City, Li Xiancheng had been planning for many years, and he would never allow any difference.

Li Xiancheng ordered, "A few worshippers from the City Lord's Mansion have rested for all these years, and it is time to go out and walk around, and they must not let Zhao Lanjiang enter Yinyang City alive!

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Early the next morning, Xiao Jinyan got up and saw Yuwen Tianlu sitting in the courtyard reading, "Senior, didn't sleep all night last night?"

Yuwen Tianlu said: "In this life, the first thirty years are not enough to sleep, and the next thirty years are not enough, and there are too many things in my heart, and I want to let go but I can't." ”

He closed the book of rites and slowly stood up, "Come, try your martial arts." See if you are qualified to marry my daughter. ”

Xiao Jinyan was about to practice boxing, but when he heard Yuwen Tianlu say this, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he let out a long laugh and made a fist, "Please advise." ”

Stepping out without vain, he came to Yuwen Tianlu's side without vain in an instant, and attacked Yuwen Tianlu's heart with a punch. Yuwen Tianlu stood still, and his backhand was a punch.

Punch for punch.

Xiao Jinyan's punch hit the iron plate, and a sharp pain came, and he retreated three or four steps back. Xiao Jinyan was shocked, this punch was unremarkable, and he didn't even use internal strength, could it be that his body was beaten with iron?

At this moment, there is no room for much thought, the unequaled divine fist is used, the fist is like flowing water, stretching endlessly, attacking Yuwen Tianlu, a dozen moves in a row, but not a single move is exhausted, and it is broken by Yuwen Tianlu.

Yuwen Tianlu frowned and said, "In the face of absolute power, you are nothing. Use internal force to touch my clothes, count you as a winner!"

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, the string force was exhausted, and under the traction of the string force, countless true elements poured into the acupoints in the body, and with the help of internal force, Xiao Jinyan stepped out without vain, his body was like lightning, and he attacked three punches in a row.

Yuwen Tianlu stood still, letting him attack.

Xiao Jinyan saw Yuwen Tianlu dragging it out, his heart was overjoyed, and his internal strength was exhausted.

Boom! Boom!

The courtyard was dusty, and the stone trough at the door for feeding the horses was hit by a fist and broken in two.

Yuwen Tianlu was still standing in place, as if he had never moved.

Xiao Jinyan was secretly shocked in his heart, the three punches just now obviously hit Yuwen Tianlu, but Yuwen Tianlu disappeared as if out of thin air, and when his fist wind passed, he appeared in the distance again.

The Law of Space!

Yuwen Tianlu smiled and shook his head, "It's still not good." ”

Xiao Jinyan stood still, "That's not necessarily." ”

Burst!

A corner of Yuwen Tianlu's shirt was cut off and fell to the ground. Yuwen Tianlu was surprised, spinning

That is, he laughed, "Interesting, I didn't expect that the girl in the Northern Zhou Dynasty actually passed on the secret technique of the Divine Arrow Sect to you." ”

Xiao Jinyan bowed his hand slightly, "It's just a fluke." ”

It turned out that at the time of the battle, Xiao Jinyan had secretly used string force to attract two internal forces, and used the two locust trees in the courtyard to bow him, and the three fists were empty, but in fact, they were covering for the arrow of string force. In order to prevent Yuwen Tianlu from having an induction, when the punch was released, the string arrow shot at the hem of his clothes.

Yuwen Tianlu said, "Li Mad Dog's arrangement for you may be right. ”

Xiao Jinyan was stunned when he heard this, "What arrangement?"

"Go and ask him yourself. ”

Li Bufan had already gotten up, boiled a pot of porridge, made a few more Hu cakes, a plate of pickles, and said, "Brother Xiao, senior, it's time for breakfast." "Today he was on duty, and there was also the examination school that recruited righteous servants, so he deliberately got up a moment early.

Breakfast was not rich, but in Hidden Yang City, where supplies were scarce, it was very rare to be able to make up such a meal. After Yuwen Tianlu ate a hu cake, he got up and left. Li Bufan changed into a suit of armor and went to participate in the examination school of Yinyang Yicong, leaving Xiao Jinyan alone at home.

Xiao Jinyan is not an idle person, there is nothing left and right, Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng are still in the future, take this opportunity to take a look in Yinyang.

In Suzhou before, Li Qiuyi often said to him, how good is Yinyang, in the old man's heart, even a piece of soil, a tile, and a stone in Yinyang City are beautiful, and that is the city he has guarded all his life, but unfortunately, throughout his life, before he died, he did not set foot on the return journey of Yinyang City.

There is a shortage of food in Yinyang City, but for Qinglongfang, where the squires and wealthy families live, this problem does not exist.

With Chishui as the boundary, the Zhuque Fang in the south of the city wears bad clothes, the people have vegetables on their faces, and the begging people can be seen along the street, but the Qinglongfang is still full of traffic, there are countless vendors, and the Qinglou wine shop is still open, if there is no relationship or insufficient financial resources, only vegetarian wine can be supplied.

There are also pickers from Zhuque Fang and Xuanwu Fang, carrying goods along the street to call vendors, frowning for the landing of the next meal, but as soon as a buyer asks, he immediately changes to a smile, struggling to saliva, explaining how good his goods are, in order to live in Qinglongfang, those nobles can take a look at it, and the money that may be sold is only half a catty of rice in the end, so that the mother-in-law and the baby at home can eat a full meal.

Li Qiuyi said that the people of Yinyang will never give up.

Xiao Jinyan saw that no matter where these people came from or how they dressed, these people had a hint of perseverance on their faces, and they would not beat their chests and stomp their feet for the embarrassment of life, let alone complain, but live a serious life.

Over the centuries, the city has suffered countless wars, and even the city has been destroyed many times, many of them have left their homes, but once the enemy retreats, those people will pack their bags and return to their own cities.

These people are different from what he saw in Suzhou, Jinling, and Beijing.

Xiao Jinyan suddenly understood why Li Qiuyi fought with his life before he died, and he also had to protect this city, as the Lord of the Golden Sword City, he had the blood of the Hidden Yang people flowing in his body.

If the war on the Western Front is together, the first to bear the brunt is Hidden Sun City. Many outsiders and Hu people have already embarked on the road to return to their hometowns because of the confusing war situation, but the people in Yinyang City still live here.

He touched the letter in his arms.

The secret letter to Chu Bieli brought by Li Chuntito's pyramid scheme. He wanted to stop the war and let Xiao Jinyan persuade Chu Bieli to retreat, and in the situation where the main battle faction in the capital had the upper hand, Li Chuntie pinned his hopes on Xiao Jinyan, which made him feel more pressured.

Once this letter falls into the hands of outsiders, Li Chuntie will have to face the charge of fornicating with foreign enemies, no matter what the original intention is, Dengwen Yuan will inevitably suffer a catastrophe, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

He made up his mind, and when Zhao Lanjiang was in Yinyang City, he set off to Xichu to meet the second dog brother who had urinated and mud in Suzhou City back then, and persuaded him to withdraw from the army.

Unconsciously, Xiao Jinyan came to the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion covers an area of nearly thirty acres, the city wall is two feet high, and there are guards wearing armor at the door. These guards were armed with horse lances, purple armor and purple helmets, and they were the dragoons of the five thousand righteous servants of the City Lord's Mansion.

Five thousand white horses in Yinyang City are divided into dragons, tigers, leopards and wolves, and they are distinguished by armor and helmets. Therefore, the locals of Yinyang jokingly call the white horse Yicong purple hat, blue hat, white hat, and green hat.

There are sentry towers on all sides of the city lord's mansion, each post is equipped with two sentinels, five crossbowmen, and a gong for warning, once something happens, it can quickly spread throughout the whole palace, this kind of guard, comparable to the imperial city forbidden army.

A dragon cavalry guard saw Xiao Jinyan stop and stand, and stepped forward with a horse lance in his hand, "Hey, it's forbidden for outsiders to peep outside the city lord's mansion, why don't you get out of here?"

Xiao Jinyan bowed his hand slightly towards the man and walked towards the outer street. After only a few steps, I suddenly saw a black carriage parked at the gate of the city lord's mansion, and on top of the carriage, a person came down, who was the old acquaintance.

"How did the Cult of Light come to Hidden Sun City?"

The side door of the City Lord's Mansion opened, and a person who looked like a steward walked out, and rushed to the person to bow deeply, and Dongfang Nuan returned the salute, and entered the City Lord's Mansion under the escort of Ren Pengju, a drunkard and Duan Yucheng, the protector of the Dharma.

Xiao Jinyan decided to stay and find out.

Thirty zhang around the city lord's mansion, there is no teahouse restaurant, in order to prevent the people from snooping on the city lord's mansion, the nearest merchant from the gate is a Chanel incense shop, and there is only one floor.

Xiao Jinyan walked in, picked a place near the door, and pretended to pick spices while casually observing the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

The shopkeeper came over and said with a smile, "The guest officer came to pick up rouge gouache, but for the girl you like?"

Xiao Jinyan nodded casually, "Shopkeeper, how is the business lately?"

The shopkeeper said, "Tuoye's blessing, business has been booming recently, and it has doubled compared to the usual sales." ”

Xiao Jinyan said curiously, "Strange, because of the recent war in Western Chu, the business in your store is better than usual?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Master, it's a foreigner, right?"

Xiao Jinyan nodded.

"I won't tell you, our Yinyang City has been safe for 20 years, who doesn't have a few thousand dollars hidden in the house? We Yinyang people have no other problems, they just know how to enjoy, spend what they should spend, eat what they should eat, if there is an enemy to attack, then fight with them to the end, and then die, if the money is not brought in life, and if it is not taken away when it is dead, it is useless to keep it. Those who usually live a tight life are willing to spend money at this time. ”

Xiao Jinyanqi said, "War is coming, why don't you go away to avoid trouble?"

The shopkeeper said with a slight mockery: "Where to avoid trouble? Western Chu, Northern Zhou, or Daming? Although our Yinyang City is subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, but there is still the blood of Yinyang in our bones, the Zhou people, the Chu people, and the Ming people do not recognize us, go to others as dogs, look at other people's faces and act, it is better to stay and fight to the death." If we talk about war, we Yinyang have not been afraid of anyone, over the years, the city has been broken several times, we just bite with our teeth, tear with our hands, and drive foreign enemies out of the city. ”

The shopkeeper pointed to the sky, "Because, we have the Golden Sword King!"

"Li Xiancheng?"

The shopkeeper snorted coldly, "What kind of Golden Sword King is Li Xiancheng?Our Golden Sword King, there is only one, and that is Li Qiuyi, the son of the Hidden Sun!"

"I heard that last year he had a decisive battle with Chu Mad, and the immortal went. ”

The shopkeeper said, "So what? Didn't he leave a successor? As long as the golden sword returns, our Hidden Sun City will be invincible!"

Xiao Jinyan finally understood what Li Qiuyi said to him in Suzhou City that day. He also understood why Li Xiancheng tried his best to prevent Zhao Lanjiang from coming to Yinyang.

Because, what Zhao Lanjiang sent back was not only Li Qiuyi's ashes.

There is also the soul of the Hidden Yang people.

And Zhao Lanjiang is the next Golden Sword King selected by Li Qiuyi.